atticky

atticky

English

Etymology

attic +‎ -y

Adjective

atticky (comparative more atticky, superlative most atticky)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of an attic.
   • 1922, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rough-hewn

     […] with its nice atticky smell that no other house in the world had! It just fitted all around you, when you went in the door […]

   • 1998, Maeve Brennan, The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin

     She had no intention of giving up her flat, especially since her rent included the three little atticky rooms on the third floor, the top floor of the house […]

   • 2008, Melissa J Delbridge, Family Bible

     You'd think it might hold the scent of smoke, or an atticky perfume of mouse and moth-wing.

Synonyms

• atticlike